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Becket Well Lane, Derby.

Announcement in a couple of weeks, apparently.
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Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> wrote:

Becket Well Lane, Derby.

Announcement in a couple of weeks, apparently.

Becketwell, a city centre brownfield site, is one of two on the short list. ItrCOs the one preferred by the local politicians who want an anchor tenant
for their pet brownfield redevelopment, an inconvenient mile from the
station. The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient
for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant, with most meetings taking place elsewhere (in London or MK) or by video. Most of the people supposedly based there will probably seldom visit, either working
from home, or from a more convenient office.

https://www.modernrailways.com/article/two-sites-derby-shortlisted-gbr-hq-location
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Recliner wrote:

The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing
railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Recliner wrote:

The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing
railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient >> for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

Sam
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On 13/08/2026 18:32, Sam Wilson wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Recliner wrote:

The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing
railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient >>> for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.
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In message <115kv3n$1r84o$1@dont-email.me>, at 17:32:39 on Thu, 13 Aug
2026, Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> remarked:

The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing
railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient >>> for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

You beat me to it!
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On 13/08/2026 19:17, Graeme Wall wrote:

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.

What's going to happen to the exhibits? Any idea? I hope they won't just
be sold off to collectors.
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In message <115l1og$1srud$1@dont-email.me>, at 19:17:52 on Thu, 13 Aug
2026, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> remarked:

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

The one in Beaulieu

The new North Chelmsford station is pronounced Boh-lee-oh, by Google
maps.

might become available soon, the National Motor Museum is being
evicted.

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On 13/08/2026 19:49, Laurence Taylor wrote:

On 13/08/2026 19:17, Graeme Wall wrote:

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.

What's going to happen to the exhibits? Any idea? I hope they won't just
be sold off to collectors.

The museum is looking for a new site. Some of the collection actually
belongs to Montague, so those will stay.
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Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On 13/08/2026 18:32, Sam Wilson wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Recliner wrote:

The railway industry strongly prefers Midland House, an existing
railway building opposite the station, as this will be far more convenient >>>> for visitors or commuters coming by train. If this rumour is indeed
correct, the GBR HQ will become a little-visited white elephant

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.

Not likely to be this one, though.

<https://youtu.be/SzM1hpnXux4>

The video is long, but yourCOll get the idea in the first couple of minutes. Tom Scott has several other videos about monorails.

Sam
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Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On 13/08/2026 19:49, Laurence Taylor wrote:

On 13/08/2026 19:17, Graeme Wall wrote:

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.

What's going to happen to the exhibits? Any idea? I hope they won't just
be sold off to collectors.

The museum is looking for a new site. Some of the collection actually belongs to Montague, so those will stay.

Indeed, the site will stay as a motor museum, with all current activities
and events continuing. Reading between the lines, it sounds like the
charity and the Montague family have fallen out. The family already owns or
has on loan rCya significant amountrCO of the exhibits, and it sounds like it can easily fill any gaps if the Trust moves its own collection elsewhere.

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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On 13/08/2026 19:49, Laurence Taylor wrote:

On 13/08/2026 19:17, Graeme Wall wrote:

The one in Beaulieu might become available soon, the National Motor
Museum is being evicted.

What's going to happen to the exhibits? Any idea? I hope they won't just >>> be sold off to collectors.

The museum is looking for a new site. Some of the collection actually
belongs to Montague, so those will stay.

Indeed, the site will stay as a motor museum, with all current activities
and events continuing. Reading between the lines, it sounds like the
charity and the Montague family have fallen out. The family already owns or has on loan rCya significant amountrCO of the exhibits, and it sounds like it can easily fill any gaps if the Trust moves its own collection elsewhere.

This is a relatively spam free article on the situation .

<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/beaulieu-exclusive-funding-feud-behind-national-motor-museum-exit>

Despite living less than an hour away I have only visited once and so long
ago that some of the exhibits had not been manufactured.
The Southern Railway Schools Class rCLStowerCY and three Pullman cars that Lord Montagu purchased from British Railways for the museum had only
recently been moved and I recall being a bit niffed to having missed them. Going back further to its embryonic days before it became known as the National Motor Museum it was briefly home to Trams from Southampton and Newcastle until the Tram Museum project that became established at Crich progressed enough to give them a permanent home.
Still got a couple of years yet to visit. Another museum not too far away
near Milford on Sea if someone is in the area is the Sammy Miller
Motorcycle Museum. IrCOm hardly interested in Motorcycles at all but throughly enjoyed my visit , its a well laid out museum
with workshops where restoration takes place both for exhibits and other clientele , and a really good Cafe that has visitors attending
in its own right. You might even see Sammy himself who though in his late 90rCOs still attends regularly
A bit more down to Earth than Beaulieu and I think better for it.

<. https://sammymiller.co.uk>


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Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> posted:

In message <115l1og$1srud$1@dont-email.me>, at 19:17:52 on Thu, 13 Aug
2026, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> remarked:

They could get a road-train like the NRM ...

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

The one in Beaulieu

The new North Chelmsford station is pronounced Boh-lee-oh, by Google
maps.

Hm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaulieu_Park_railway_station
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